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tenders Share Wins.
' New York. July 31 flJ.R) The
St. Louis Browns, in first place
for all but 19 of the 104 days
since the season began, staked
themselves to a four and a half
game rr.art'in today, the widest
they have enjoyed since opening
the American lcapue campaign
in April with a nine-game win
ning streak.
Dead serious over the pros
pects of their first pennant, the
Browns are usin every maxim
in the baseball book to stay In
front. They are fattening up at
the expense of the weaker teams
and are winning the close ones,
coming from behind. They
haven't had 'a losing streak of
more than three games.
The Browns worked their
technique to perfection yester
day, winning twice from the Bev-cntli-placc
Va3hinfit0n Senators,
2 to 1 and 7 to 3, while the oth
er contenders were battling
among thcniiclvcs and splitting
double bills.
New Yoii: and Detroit made
65 hits in their ramus, the Yanks
winning tiie opener 10 to 2, with!
Hank Lorowy getting his 13th
triumph, while Hal Newhouscr
won his 16th for the Tiger in
the second, 13 to 7. George Stirn
welss, with four hits and two
stolen bases, led the Yanks In
the opener, while Dick Wake
field, Willi a homer, triple and
single, paced the Tigers In the
fterpleco.
Clcvc'nnd, fops In the league
In team fielding, had a costly
ninth inning lapse with four er
rors which pave Boston three
runs and n 5 to 3 victory In the
opener. The Indians came from
behind themselves to win the
second tfnmo 3 to 2, on Manager
Lou Eoudreau's ninth -inning
double.
The Philadelphia Athletics
gained a split at Chicago, the
White Eox taking the opener 6
to 4 to nlvo Bill Dietrich his 12th
victory, while Jesse Florcs
pitched 0 soven-hit shutout to
hand lhf A's a 3 to 0 triumph In
tho nlchtcnp.
The last-place Brooklyn Dodg
ers nearly accomplished a minor
miracle In the National league,
defeat!!'? the pennant-bound St.
Louis Cards 10 to 4 before going
down In 1 1 Innings. 9 to 7.
The Chicago Cubs moved with
in hnlf r game of fourth place,
beatln Philadelphia 4 to 2 and
11 to 2, to bring their winning
troak to six.
Boston nprct Pittsburgh 8 lo 4
and 2 to 0, with Al Javery get
ting n tuo-hlltcr In the nightcap
for his first victory since June
17.
Superior pitching by Rube
Flseher prolonged the Jinx that
Is keeping Bucky Walters of
Cincinnati from winning his
IGlh game, New York taking the
opener 8 to 0. A six-run rally In
the eighth sounded Walicrs'
doom. Cincinnati retaliated by
winning the afterpiece 9 to 3.
with Krtik McCormlck batting
In flvp tuns on two homers and
double.
ViEeiCAN LEAGUE
POLLS MOST FANS
New York, July 31. U.R
Baseball fans arc focusing their
attention on the close American
league race. Sunday attendance
receipts Indicated today, with a
total of U7,B17 fans going to
games In Junior circuit parks
compared with a Unlit turnout
of (it. Mill fans in tho four Na
tional lr;tgue cities.
The Detroit Tl:;crs, playing
host to the champion New York
Yankees hnd the largest share
of the G!l 323 fans at Sunday
rami), with 47.!)30 on hand at
Hrlggs stadium. It Mas the larg
est crowd of t tic season for De
troit, 'i 'no league leading St.
Louis r.iowns, as usual, had the
smallest Sunday attendance in
the American, 12,170 fans at
tending tho gumrs with Wash
ington. M0NTC0".ERY AMD JACK
VIE 1,'J WAR BOND SHOW
New York, July 31. (U.R)
Mi;litv.ci..l t Champion Bob
Montgomery ard ex-Champ
Beau .). .!. (untile at Madison
Square Ciur !cn t rklay night in a
warlKir.l nhow that features
this wnks national boxing
schedule.
This Is the fourth encounter
between the two negro soldiers.
Adminlon to their 10-round
tion-title bm.vl can be gained
only by the purchase of war
bondT. Colli principals have do
nated their services.
Monday, Jul? 31, 1944
Plans Progress for Hawaii
Berth in Pro Grid Circuit
By Lisle Shoemaker
United Press Staff Correspondent
Honolulu, July 31. (U.R) Plans for a professional football
team to represent Honolulu In a major pro grid circuit after
the war are growing up under the hand of F. J. Brickner, who,
undoubtedly is a relative of that famous early bird but is con
fidently counting on obtaining quite a bit more for his work than
an old tired worm.
As a matter of fact, Brickner
the man who put shoes on
barefooted Hawaiian football
players is figuring out a long
range plan to have a top notch
grid team representing Honolulu
but would make its headquar
ters in California to beat the
transportation problem,
"Then they could come back
here at the end of the season for
a grand finale on Dec. 7 against
the best team the mainland has
to offer In what we could call
the Pearl Harbor bowl classic,"
Brickner said.
Brickner came to Honolulu in
1937, bringing with him all the
showmanship and cagey grid
iron savvy picked up while play
ing for Slip Madlgan at St.
Mary's.
He found the Hawaiian boys
playing football In their bare
tootsies. Long he argued tho ad
vantage of wearing leather on
the feet but It was not until 1939
that he won his point in what
you could call a biting victory.
At that time Brickner had im
ported a group of college all-
stars to Hawaii and in tile play
off game for the Island cham
pionship, Brickncr's star full
back bit the toe of Honolulu's
fastest ball carrier In the pile-
up on the goal line. From then
on the islanders were converted
to shoes.
As Brickner stares into his
crystal sphere now, he figures
to have his team participate in
the mainland draft of college
players, augmented by 10 to 12
of the best Hawaiian perform
ers.
The team will make the swing
of the mainland circuit, playing
in most of the big football cities
and returning to Honolulu in
the latter part of the season to
meet some of the leading main
land members of the league in
the Honolulu stadium," Brick
ner figures hopefully.
COAST GRID LOOP
Los Angolos, July 81. (U.R)
When the klckoff whistle blows
for the Pacific Coast profession
al football league Oct, 1, Holly
wood will be playing at San
Diego, Snn Jose at San Francis
co and Oakland at Los Angeles,
the league announced today.
The league season will extend
until Dec. 3 and a championship
playoff will be held between the
two top placing teams on Dec.
10, J. Rufus Klawans, league
president, announced.
The schedule provides for
each team to play five games at
home and five away.
ANN CURTIS SETS
San Francisco, July 31. (U.R)
For the first time in 15 years
today an American girl held a
new world swimming record.
She is broad-shouldered Ann
Curtis who slashed eight seconds
off the atiO yard free style mark
last night in the Pacific Amateur
association's western feminine
meet.
Miss Curtis was clocked at
1:08.6, breaking the old mark of
11:18.8 set 111 1SM7 by R. Ilveger
of Denmark at Stockholm.
Miss Curtis also won the 100
yard free stylo with a recoid of
1:11.7.
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melting and freezing points,
while non-crystalline solids do
not.
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The Lbs Angeles Angels, again
holding a narrow lead In the
Pacific Coast league, today pre
pared to defend their first-place
position against tho Portland
Beavers, fresh from a 5-3 scries
triumph over the Seattle Ral
nlcrs. The Angels led off Sunday's
twin bill with a 0-4 win from
the San Francisco Seals, who
trail the southern club by one
game, but dropped tho nlchtcap
2-0. Tho series ended with the
Seals leading by four games to
three. The third place Hollywood
Stars, three games behind swept
five games out of six by scor
ing 10-7. 5-2 triumphs In yes
terday's double-header.
The fnurth-nlace Beavers al
lowed the Rainiers their third
win by drooping the first game
2-0. but took the series by de
feating the Suds 1-0 In a 10-ln-nlng
nightcap. The Sacramento
Solons rellnaulshcd their here
to fore inviolate cellar position
to the San D'ogo Padres by cap
turing a 10-lnning oppner, 6-5
and a 1-0 nightcap, taking five
out of seven games.
. Games this week also Include
San Francisco at Sacramento,
Seattle at Oakland and Holly
wood at San Diego.
Hal Turpins held the Beavers
to two hits In the opener allow
ing only three Portland batters
to reach base. Manuel Plcretti
yielded only five hits, but wild
pitched Al Llbke across the plate
for one of Seattle's tallies. The
second game did not see a man
cross home plate until the 10th
when left-handed Pitcher Roy
Helscr doubled to left field,
moved to third on Johnny
O'Nell'i single and was scored
by Charlie Pederson.
Yesterday's line scores:
First game
Portland ; 0
Seattle 2
Plerettl and Norager;
and Spindel.
Second game
Portland 1
Seattle 0
Helscr and Norager;
and Sueme.
2 0
5 1
Turpln
6 1
3 2
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St. Louis 57 42 .576
Boston 61 45 .531
New York 50 45 .526
Clevelnnd 80 48 .510
Detroit 48 50 .490
Chicago 46 48 .489
Washington 42 54 .438
Philadelphia 42 55 .433
National
W. L. Pet.
St. Louis 68 25 .731
Cincinnati 63 41 .564
Pittsburgh 49 40 ,551
Now York 45 50 .474
Chicago 41 47 .466
Boston 39 53 .415
Philadelphia 37 54 .407
Brooklyn 37 87 .394
Paclllc Coait
W. L. Pet.
Los Ansrlrs 62 53 .539
San Francisco . . 61 54 .530
Hollywood 69 57 .509
Portland 68 57 .504
Oakland 87 58 .496
Sacramento ....... 56 59 .487
Seattle 56 60 .483
San Diego 53 64 .453
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ALL-STARS, 12-7
BEFORE BIG CROWD
The U. V Naval Air Station
baseball club from Klamath
Falls proved too tough for the
Medford-Camp White league
All-Stars at the fairgrounds
park Sunday afternoon, ham
mering out a 12 to 7 victory
before some 1,200 fans, largest
of the season.
Franny Miller, former semi
pro southpaw from Everett,
Wash., whiffed 14 All-Stars and
held them to nine safeties. He
had only two bad innings, the
sixth nd ninth, when the locals
readied him for three tallies in
each frame.
Ted Bergold, the little WPRC
lefthander, worked eight and
one-third frames for the All-
Stars. He hurled shutout ball
for the first four heats but tired
in the later innings and finally,
after walking three and hitting
another In the ninth, had to be
replaced by Don Safford, an
other southpaw. Steve Crippen,
who was slated to pitch for the
All-Stars, was called to Oak
land. Calif., hv thn Knrinne 111.
ness of his grandmother and '
was unable to return in time
for the game.
It was a scoreless battle un
til the fifth, when the fliers got
two runs on a walk, an error by
Homer Sullivan and Fred Gay's
bouncing double down the right
field line. Three singles and a
walk gave the visitors a couple
more in the sixth for a 4 to p
lead.
Dave Otte, big All-Star right
fielder, put his club momen
tarily back in the ball game
with a three-run triple In the
1nWfr half nf lha civil, nttnw
Bergold had Uoled to' richl.
center and D Ambrosio and
Swanson had walked,
A hit-batsman and Miller's
single gave the fliers another
in the seventh, and they really
iced the affair with three more
in the eighth on singles by Rit
enour, Rickey, Gay and Gas
ton's double. That made it 8
to 3.
A walk to Wilkey, Pinch
Hitter Brocker's single and an
infield out gave the All-Stars
one tally in the eighth, but the
fliers bounced back for four
in the ninth. Three walks, a hit
batsman and Averill's single did
the trick.
Trailing by a 12 to 4 margin,
the All-Stars rallied belatedly
In the ninth for three runs, but
they weren't enough. With two
away, Gay dropped Safford's
pop fly, and D'Ambroslo, Wil
key and Longe hit singles for
tho tallies.
Gay, with a double and single
and three runs batted in, led the
visitors at the plate. Harvey
Storey went hitless In five trips,
but made some nice fielding
plays.
Otte hit a triple and drove In
four All-Star tallies, while
Lange got two solid blows and
D'Ambroslo the same.
Score:
Navy 12 14 1
All-Stars 7 9.3
Miller and Ritcnour; Bergold,
Safford and Frca, Brockcr.
Paulina Bslz Victor
Over Miss Osborne
In Seabright Meet
Scabrlght, N. M., July 31.
(UP Pauline Betz of Los An
geles today became an early fa
vorite to defend her national
women's tennis title successfully
after brushing aside strong oppo
sition to win the 50th annual
Seabright tournament.
She won her finals match yes-
AMERICAN HEROES
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tory and peace in
days to cornel
BROWNS CAFE
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terday against Margaret Os
borne, San Francisco star, 6-2,
2-6, 6-3, playing her best tennis
of the tournament despite the
fact that she was forced into an
extra set for the first time.
Miss Osborne later gained a
measure of consolation by team
ing with Louise Brough of Bev
erly Hills, Cal., to win the
doubles title from Miss Betz
and Doris Hart of Miami, Fla.,
6-2, 6-3. Miss Osborne and Miss
Brough are national woman's
doubles champions.
The singles finals, Miss Os
borne, serving and returning
with furious speed, found the
champion more than a match for
her brilliance. Miss Betz, show
ing to best advantage defensive
ly, scrambled after hard, well
placed shots and returned them
time after time to catch Miss
Osborne off balance completely.
6
Washington, July 31. (U.R)
Nearly 6,000,000 U. S. fighting
men are now contributing dis
aster to the enemy in overseas
battle theaters, war and navy de
partment statistics disclosed to
day. The army revealed that more
than 4,000,000 of its 7,000,000
officers and men a force twice
the AEF's strength in World War
I are now overseas. Secretary
of War Henry L. Stimson has
said the total will pass 5,000,000
by the end of this year.
Swelling the overall figure
was the navy's recent announce
ment that 1,566,000 navy, marine
corps and coast guard personnel,
out of a total of 3,250,000, were
"nat or on foreign duty as of
1 June In addltln. ot the
same date, another 900,000 navy
men were in transit or training
for sea or overseas duty.
MaJ. Gen. C. P. Gross, army
chief of transportation, disclosed
also that while more than 4,0
000,000 men were being moved
overseas in the 31 months from
Pearl Harbor through June 30,
more than 63,000,000 ship tons
of supplies were being snipped
for their use through 127 foreign
ports.
Gross's report showed that the
volume of army transport in
creased during the past year
more than 100 per cent over any
previous year. The European
theater alone has received more
than 18,000,000 ship tons of
cargo, which is more than twice
the 8,900,000 ship tons sent to
the AEF in the last conflict.
KATONEN-TO FACE
Clean wrestling at Its very
best will be seen in Thursday
night's armory main event
when Paavo Katonen,, Pacific
Coast light-heavyweight cham
pion, trades grips with flashy
Jack Kaiser of' Vancouver,
Wash., who. In the past five
weeks of activity In Los An
geles, didn't lose a match.
Promoter Mack Lillard said
that Tony Morelli would face
Herb Parks, the Canadian light
heavy king, in the midle event.
Opening the card will be Tex
Porter and Pat (Rowdy)
O'Dowdy.
California's .canning and proc
essing industry estimates that
more than 70 per cent of the
state's fruit pack and 53 per
cent of the vegetable pack will
be needed for the armed serv
ices and lend-lease this year.
i.eif
O Corporal Walter Bodt's squad
was spying out Jap positions in
the Pacific We needed information
badly. The iquad got it. but was cut
oft from our hntt. Uiing handker
chiefs tied to bayoneti. Marine Cor
poral Bodt wigwagged the informa
tion back. He lost an eye. sustained
other woundi from furloui enemy tire,
but hit message wai urgent. He stuck
and got it through, winning the Navy
Croti. Wenponi are urgent, too, and
your War Bonds buy them.
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Ford Meets 'Bomber An
Record 'bomber an hour' production of the big, four-enelned B-21 Liberator at Ford's Willow Run plant Is due
to fabrication and assembly techniques totally new to aircraft manufacture. In fact, automotive-type precision
tooling has resulted in such uniformity of production that more than half of all Kord-built Libs are accepted
for delivery on their maiden flight. Above, top, one of the 5000 Ford-built bomb blasters as it goes into battle.
Note deadly guns in revolving nose and belly turrets. Below, how it's done . . . production break-down shown
eraphically before final matins of nose and aft fuselaire. emnennaze. and three wine sections.
STABILIZATION OF
AG WAGES IS Al
NEW STATE BOARD
A press release received by
the labor committee of the Fruit
Growers league reveals that re
sponsibility for the wage stabili
zation in Oregon agriculture has
been given to a wage board re
commended by Dean Schoenfeld
and appointed by Colonel Philip
G. Bruton. director of labor,
War Food Administration. The(
ooara is composea 01 me 101
lowing members: Carl Izett,
chairman, assistant state super
visor, Office of Distribution,
W.F.A.; Wm. E. Kimsey, state
labor commissioner; Verne F.
Livesay, state director farm se
curity administration; N. I. Niel
son, agricultural statistician, bu
reau of agricultural economics;
E. L. Potter, department of ag
riculture economist, Corvallis;
John Shepherd, vice chairman
A.A.A. committee; E. L. Peter
son, director of agriculture,
state of Oregon.
This board has appointed Leo
D. Hollenberg as executive offi
cer with his office in Room 784,
Pitock Block in Portland. Field
offices have been set up In Pen
dleton and Eugene. Chester
Preston will do field work out
of the Portland office.
Authority to stabilize agri
cultural wages was established
under the anti-inflation act of
October 2, 1942, according to
Mr. Hollenberg. but was not ex
ercised until 1943 when farm
wages made the greatest rise
ever recorded in a year's time,
with the Pacific States 36
higher than In 1942 and 156
over the 1935-1939 average.
Thus far specific wage ceil
ings have been applied only to
the harvesting of peas in Mal
heur County. California placed
ceilings on the harvesting of as
paragus, picking of canning to
matoes, picking of sun-dried
grapes and the picking of cotton
in 1943 and have several others
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the entire
citrus crop
under ceiling last
year.
Success In keeping wage rates
at reasonable levels and in hold
ing to a minimum the pirating
of workers among farmers was
cited by the chairman as a
strong factor in the expected ex
tension of ceiling regulations to
other crops and operations, par
ticularly since the further ex
tension of OPA ceiling prices to
cover most of the commodities
that farmers will have to sell
makes it necessary that farmers
protect themselves against un
reasonable rises in production
costs, of which labor is often
the largest 'item.
"Since it Is the policy of the
War Food Administration to
prevent inflationary wage in
creases in agriculture, it is
highly desirable that farmers
take immediate steps to suggest
ways and means of accomplish
ing this end," Hollenberg de
clared. "It is the wish of the
WFA and the Oregon State
Wage Board that farmer-groups
within the state help develop
and administer programs that
will prevent agricultural wages
from getting out of line.'
Elaborating on the regula
tions that went into effect on
January 17, 1944, Hollenberg
said all . agricultural wages
above $2400 per pear are froz-1
en, requiring WFA approval be-;
fore increases can be made. In- j
creases up to $2400 at the rate
of $200 per month can be made
without approval, he said, un- j
less a specific wage or salary !
ceiling applying to the work-1
er's Job is in effect in the area
where the worker is employed,
in which case the worker can
receive no more than the ceil
ing rate, which may amount to
more or less than $2400. Juris
diction over salaries and wages
in agriculture above $5000 an
nually is vested in the Bureau
of Internal Revenue.
WOULD BE A PLEASURE
Cambridge. Mass. (U.R) Call
ing at a Cambridge residence to
pick up a package addressed to
a woman in Oakland Cal., Amer
ican Express Co. Driver Charles
MacMillan was told, "Now if she
isn't at home leave it with the
family next door."
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Kalamazoo, Mich., July 31.
(U.R) Pvt. Bob Falkenberg of
Hollywood was the favorite to
day to defend his title success
fully in the 29th annual junior
tennis championships, with the
schoolboy sensation from San
Angelo, Tex., Bernard (Tut)
Bartzen, given the best chance to
unseat him.
Falkenberg, stationed at Cha
nute Field, 111., is playing on a
furlough, and was top seeded
with Bartzen, being placed num
ber two in the brackets.
Other Juniors who were seed
ed because of outstanding past
performances were Herbert
Flam of Beverly Hills, Cal., Ed
Ray of Sinton, Tex., John Shea
of Los Angeles, Ed McGrath of
New York, Bob David of Chi
cago and Alan Watson of Short
Hills, N. J.
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